John Nguyen
UFC DebutNickname“The Dragon”
Record
Streak
L2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Calgary, Alberta
- Born
- Canada
- Camp
- DK United AFC
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
John Nguyen makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
99-57-2
.635 win rate
Winning-record opponents
11 of 12
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
14
12 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 14 bouts · 14 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 2 decBFL 86 · SMMA · CFFC 136 · Unified MMA 56 · Unified MMA 55 +9
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Nic Ouellet6-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 4:09 | BFL 86 | Feb 19, 2026 |
| L | Mehdi Zeidvand | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | SMMA | Mar 7, 2025 |
| W | Chris Vasil8-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | CFFC 136 | Sep 27, 2024 |
| W | Maged Hammo13-8-1 | KO/TKO | Punches and Knee | R2 | 1:00 | Unified MMA 56 | Mar 22, 2024 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | Unified MMA 55 | Jan 19, 2024 | |
| W | Maged Hammo13-8-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 4:27 | Unified MMA 52 | Sep 8, 2023 |
| W | Diego Santos6-4 | KO/TKO | Punches to the Body | R2 | 1:15 | Unified MMA 47 | Dec 2, 2022 |
| L | Tom O'Connor13-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 1:33 | Unified MMA 44 | May 6, 2022 |
| W | Gagan Gill6-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | BFL 71 | Mar 10, 2022 |
| W | Josh Kwiatkowski11-8 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 0:22 | BFL 68 | Sep 30, 2021 |
| L | Mike McAloon5-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 4:26 | BFL 67 | Jun 4, 2021 |
| L | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 2:48 | Rise FC 5 | Nov 30, 2019 | |
| W | Ryan Williams | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:43 | HFC 13 | Nov 16, 2018 |
| W | Ryan Moore0-6 | KO/TKO | Knee | R1 | 1:20 | RITC | Sep 29, 2018 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.
Amateur
10-6across 16 amateur bouts · 6 promotionsHKFC · IMMAF · CCA 2016 · RITC · CCA 2017 +1
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Quitin Thomas3-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | IMMAF | Nov 15, 2017 |
| W | Nkosi Ndebele12-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 1:31 | IMMAF | Nov 14, 2017 |
| L | Diego Noboa1-0 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | IMMAF | Nov 13, 2017 |
| W | Nick Rovers-Leblanc5-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:49 | CCA 2017 | Apr 6, 2017 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 3:00 | HKFC | Jan 27, 2017 | |
| L | Tobias Harila13-4 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:42 | IMMAF | Jul 5, 2016 |
| W | Dylan Lielke15-3 | Decision | Split | R3 | 3:00 | CCA 2016 | May 29, 2016 |
| W | Miguel Tock3-5 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 0:21 | CCA 2016 | May 28, 2016 |
| W | Steven Eldridge4-3 | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 1:48 | CCA 2016 | May 27, 2016 |
| W | Mitchell Carlson | KO/TKO | Punch to the Body | R1 | 2:54 | HKFC | Jan 29, 2016 |
| W | Miguel Tock3-5 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:40 | RITC | Oct 2, 2015 |
| L | Justin Basra5-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 2:20 | HKFC | Jun 26, 2015 |
| W | Grey Patino6-10 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:53 | HKFC | Jan 30, 2015 |
| W | Evan Anderson2-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 2:53 | HKFC | Dec 12, 2014 |
| L | Ian Odland | Decision | Split | R3 | 3:00 | RITC | Oct 26, 2013 |
| W | Kyle Marleau0-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | KOTC | Sep 27, 2013 |
Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.